St Stephen's Day Solar Imaging and Airliner Transit - 26-12-2022

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Both the Sun and Moon were very low when I went out today, only 9 degrees altitude for the Sun and 13 for the Moon, so I knew the low altitude wasn't going to give great results. I had a go anyway at the native 600mm focal length of the Evostar 80ED and with a TAL x2 barlow giving 1,200mm. Most of the close ups were too blurred by the atmosphere.

Videos were captured in Solar Continuum and Calcium K light. During one of the CaK captures, I caught an airliner transiting the Sun. I seem to manage this quite regularly during solar sessions. The video and still image are below, followed by the other solar captures.

 

 

CaK Airliner Transit.

 

Solar Continuum full disc.

 

CaK full disc.